The term galenic refers to the preparation of drugs (the so-called galenic drug) and remedies starting from raw drugs or chemical substances and auxiliary substances, prepared by the pharmacist in the pharmacy laboratory. The name comes from Galen, the ancient doctor whose text has remained the basis of medical science for centuries.

The term galenic refers to the preparation of drugs (the so-called galenic drug) and remedies from crude drugs or chemicals and auxiliary substances, set up by the pharmacist in the pharmacy laboratory. The name comes from Galen, the ancient physician whose text has remained the basis of medical science for centuries. Galen in his work “On the Way of Identifying the Best Physician”: writes referring to the ideal physician: “having profound knowledge of medical tradition, anatomo-physiology, prognosis, and demonstrative methods. Also required of the physician is an assiduous love of study (“loving madness for truth”) and contempt for worldly vanities; it is also necessary that he should know the parts of philosophy essential to his way of life (ethics, logic, and physics).”